Filmmaker and Makah tribal member Sandra Sunrising Osawa will host two free showings of her documentary “Usual and Accustomed Places” in both Port Angeles and Forks.
The movie, an account of Pacific Northwest tribes’ century-long struggle to uphold their fishing rights, also focuses on the history of the Makah tribe.
Osawa, a Seattle resident who grew up in Port Angeles and Neah Bay, will host a screening at 12:30 p.m. Friday at Maier Hall on Peninsula College’s main campus at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
Admission is free, and the filmmaker will engage in a question-and answer session after the screening.
“Usual and Accustomed Places” will then be shown — again free — at 12:30 p.m. next Wednesday at the Peninsula College Forks site, 481 S. Forks Ave., where Osawa will answer questions afterward.
Attendees are advised to come early to these screenings.
For more information, contact Peninsula College professor Helen Lovejoy at hlovejoy@pencol.edu or 360-417-6362.
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Features Editor Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5062, or at diane.urbani@peninsuladailynews.com.
